Maple Syrup Festivals in and around Toronto

Learn how maple syrup is made, try a tasting flight of different grades and types of syrup, go on horse wagon rides, enjoy fresh, hot pancakes with pure maple syrup and sausages, have taffy on snow or join for Maple Syrup by Lamplight celebrations.You may also like:March Break in Toronto & GTA– 60+ Activities, Events and Festivals

1. Maple Town | Milton

See historical and modern methods of tapping, collecting and boiling sap to make syrup. Take in a maple candy making session, or travel on a horse-drawn ride through the bush to learn about this special forest and how we care for it. Finish off your visit with a stop at the Pancake Pavilion for a plate of flap jacks covered in pure maple syrup. A real Canadian tradition! Details

Special Event: Sugar Maker’s Breakfast: Join in the celebration through this fantastic pre-registered event. The Sugarmaker’s Breakfast begins with a hearty pancake breakfast by the woodstove followed by a wagon ride and tour of the sugar bush. Each family will receive a tapping kit to take home as a souvenir of their visit. Guests can head straight home to search for trees of tappable size on their property, or plan to stay all day to enjoy all the festivities in Maple Town, the family friendly barnyard, and renowned Mountsberg Raptor Centre! On February 24 & 25, 2018 | 08:00 AM – 09:30 AM – Adults $25, Seniors (ages 65 and older) and Children (ages 14 years and under) $16. Plus HST

February 24 until April 2, 2018
Weekends, holidays and March Break | 10:00 AM – 4:00PM

Mountsberg, 2259 Milburough Line, Campbellville

$5.25 – $7.50; Child (4-): free

2. Sweet Water Season | Milton

Visit the reconstructed Iroquoian Village and learn how maple syrup was discovered and used by Ontario’s First Peoples as you take in an interactive (and edible!) Sweet Water demonstration. Nostalgia is served warm and gooey in the afternoon as staff demonstrate how to make taffy on snow. Try a tasting flight of different grades and types of syrup before heading to the giftshop to pick up a tasty souvenir. Kids will enjoy winning a prize for completing the maple themed discovery hunt! Details

Experience the NEW maple syrup trail at Bruce’s Mill Conservation! Enjoy demonstrations, wagon rides, activities… and of course pancakes and real maple syrup! Special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break!

Enjoy syrup-making demonstrations, live entertainment, family-friendly activities, taffy tasting and of course a plate of fresh pancakes with real maple syrup. Enjoy a full lineup of performers, including our new additions of a blacksmith and the Four Paws Flying dog show!

Bring a friend or your sweetheart to be guided by lamplight through the story of the maple sugarbush. Finish the tour with a warm campfire treat, a decadent taste of maple taffy and traditional nut roasting demonstration. Appropriate for ages 19+. Saturday, April 7th | 8:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. $20+HST/person

5. Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival | Oakville

Photo Credit: Bronte Creek Park

Enjoy a guided tour of the Maple Lane, where 1890s costumed interpreters demonstrate how to tap maple trees, make maple syrup and maple sugar. View artifacts in the maple museum or tour the 100-year-old Spruce Lane Farmhouse. Be sure to browse through the maple products and souvenirs available in the Maple Gift Shoppe and pick up a bottle of syrup to take home. Hop on a wagon that will take you to a heated pancake house where you can enjoy fresh, hot pancakes with pure maple syrup and sausages, served up throughout the festival hours. Details

March 3-4, 10-18, 24-25 and March 30-April 1, 2018: 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 1219 Burloak Drive, Oakville

$17.00/ vehicle

6. Maple Syrup Festival | Gormley

Come and enjoy the simple pleasure of being in the fragrant maple woods on a crisp March or fresh April day. Smell the sweet aroma billowing from the sugar shack as the maple sap is boiled down to syrup. Savour the taste of hot pancakes fresh off the griddle smothered with our homemade maple syrup in the old log cabin. Experience maple syrup being made in the pioneer and modern ways is a Canadian tradition to be enjoyed year after year. Details

Saturdays and Sundays: March 10 to April 8 | 9AM to 4PM Good Friday March 30, 2018 | 9AM to 4PM

7. Sugar Beach Sugar Shack | Toronto

Warm up with a glass of hot mulled cider, enjoy live music, watch a battle of the chainsaws ice carving show or try some delicious maple taffy an traditional sugar shack treats at the winter marketplace, Sugar Shack TO, presented by Redpath will give you something to love about winter! Details

8. Maple Magic | Mississauga

Mississauga’s favourite maple tradition returns to the Bradley Museum for March Break. Learn how to tap a tree and follow the sap lines to the Bradley House kitchen where maple treats await. Enjoy an afternoon of truly Canadiana themed fun! Details

Monday, March 10 to Sunday, March 18, 2018 | 12:00 PM – 04:00 PM

Bradley Museum
1620 Orr Road, Mississauga

Children: $6.24; Adults: $7.80
Family: $19.50

9. Maple Syrup Festival | Hamilton

Discover one of Canada’s most time-honoured and tasty traditions. Explore the making of maple syrup from the tree to the table in three different time periods. Families can purchase and enjoy a delicious, reasonably-priced pancake breakfast. Details

11. Maple in the County | Prince Edward County

Celebrate the first – and sweetest! – harvest in Prince Edward County by visiting one of 12 participating sugar bushes, where you can enjoy a pancake breakfast with fresh maple syrup, taffy on snow, s’mores, petting zoos, BBQ sausages, lumberjack show, artisan vendors, wineries and more. Details

March 24 & 25, 2018

153 Lucks Crossroad, Picton, Prince Edward County

Free Admission

12. Pefferlaw Creek Farms | Uxbridge

Come visit us and share in the excitement of the maple production season. We will have wagon rides through the farm, taffy for our guests, activities for young and old, and tours of the maple operation. You will get the authentic sugaring experience and get to see a fully operational maple syrup farm in action and watch as we make our pure organic maple syrup right in front of you! Details

April 7 & 8, 2018 | 10 AM – 4 PM

Pefferlaw Creek Farms, 12300 Concession Rd. 6, Uxbridge

$5/person or $20/family

13. Maple Syrup Festival | Sunderland

Join in for the biggest Maple Syrup party in GTA. Celebrate “big” when it comes to showcasing the sweet “liquid gold” harvested at our local farms. In addition to the chance to buy maple syrup and maple syrup products, the annual Festival invites families to enjoy a kaleidoscope of activities. It’s a feast for the senses, from start to finish. Details

April 7 to 8, 2018

Various venues, Sunderland

Free Admission

14. Ontario Maple Weekend

Join maple syrup producers from across Ontario for Ontario Maple Weekend. This free, family-friendly, two-day event is hosted by the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association, and is the perfect way to celebrate spring and the annual maple syrup season, while learning more about how maple syrup is made, from tree to table. Details